diff --git a/books_search.sh b/books_search.sh
index 333f7e4..eeac415 100755
--- a/books_search.sh
+++ b/books_search.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# TO SEARCH IN EPUB 
-# zipgrep -ihw -C2 STRING FILE | unhtml
-#
-# Can multi-tag from fzf!  Search multiple books for a string!
-#
+
 ##############################################################################
 #  
 #  books_search.sh 
@@ -115,12 +111,7 @@ main() {
             #use ROFI, not zenity 
             SelectedBook=$(calibredb list -f title,authors |  awk '/^[1-9]/' | rofi -i -dmenu -p "Which Book?" -theme DarkBlue |awk '{print $1}')
         fi
-        # TODO - handle multiple selections here
-        # TODO - strip out ROFI; make cli only
-        # TODO - redo handling opening of books
-        # TODO - searching text of ebooks
-        echo "${SelectedBook}"
-        exit
+        
         NumFormats=$(calibredb list --search id:"${SelectedBook}" -f formats --for-machine 2>/dev/null | grep -c -e \"\/)
         echo "$NumFormats"
         if [ $NumFormats -gt 1 ];then
@@ -151,7 +142,7 @@ main() {
         book=$( echo "$SelectedBook" | awk -F '|' '{print $4}' | xargs)
         type=$( echo "$SelectedBook" | awk -F '|' '{print $1}' | xargs)
     fi
-
+    
     if [ -n "$book" ]; then
         if [ "${GUIOutput}" == "true" ];then
             CliOnly="false"
diff --git a/books_search_rewrite_plan.sh b/books_search_rewrite_plan.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 33abc9b..0000000
--- a/books_search_rewrite_plan.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-
-Get ID
-get book(s) to search in as before.
-use rg (or the zip version?) to search inside those selected files for what we want
-output the appropriate passage, maybe even open book file to that point (dunno how to do that!)
diff --git a/dtcopy.sh b/dtcopy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3cd688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtcopy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+ #!/bin/bash
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#  dtcopy
+#  To provide a way to copy filenames with complex characters to an older 
+#  filesystem, such as NTFS. 
+#  (c) Steven Saus 2024
+#  Licensed under the MIT license
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+  
+
+# Some choices:
+# If source is a DIR and dest is a DIR, then copy all files in SOURCE to DEST
+# If dest is a FILE, then error
+# If source is a FILE and dest is a DIR, then copy the file into DEST
+# If DEST does not exist, assume it's a directory that needs created
+
+
+export SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+LOUD=0
+MOVE=""  #off, so copy by default
+SOURCE=""
+SOURCE_TYPE=""
+DEST=""
+DEST_TYPE=""
+CLOBBER="TRUE"
+BASE=""
+DRYRUN=""
+
+function loud() {
+    if [ $LOUD -eq 1 ];then
+        echo "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+display_help() {   
+    echo "USAGE: dtcopy [OPTIONS] SOURCE DESTINATION"
+    echo " -b | --basedir (from what point to copy the path)"
+    echo " -r | --recurse (recurse into directories)"
+    echo " -m | --move (delete file after copy)"
+    echo " -n | --no-clobber (do not clobber existing files "
+    echo " -l | --loud (additional output"
+    echo " -d | --dry-run (just output what the resulting command would be)"
+    echo " -h | --help  (this)"
+}
+
+
+process_a_path () {
+    # take in the string, read it into array
+    IFS=/ read -a arr <<< "${1}"
+    i=0
+    while [ $i -lt "${#arr[@]}" ]; do 
+        arr[$i]= $(printf '%s\n' "${arr[$i]}" | iconv -t ASCII//TRANSLIT - | inline-detox)    
+        let i=i+1
+    done
+    # stitch it back together
+    processed_path=$(printf '/%s' "${arr[@]}")
+    # remove EXTRA leading slash from printf above
+    processed_path="${processed_path:1}"
+    #emit our processed path
+    echo "${processed_path}"
+}
+    
+
+
+
+    # processing our commandline variables
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    option="$1"
+    case $option in
+
+        -m|--move) MOVE="TRUE" #effectively means delete source
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -d|--dry-run) DRYRUN="TRUE" #just output stuff
+            shift
+            ;;            
+        -l|--loud) LOUD=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -n|--no-clobber) 
+            CLOBBER="FALSE"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -b|--base) 
+            # gets the base dir to remove from pathname when copying
+            # e.g.  /home/steven/music/album/artist/file
+            # with a BASE of /home/steven/music
+            # would result in the path /album/artist/file being copied
+            # as the path of the copied file
+            BASE="${1}"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -h|--help) display_help
+            exit
+            shift 
+            ;;      
+        # if it's none of these, it should be source, then destination
+        *)  if [ -z $SOURCE ];then
+                #if no source, set source
+                if [ -d "${1}" ];then
+                    SOURCE_TYPE="DIR"
+                    SOURCE="${1}"
+                    shift
+                else
+                    if [ -f "${1}" ];then
+                        SOURCE_TYPE="FILE"
+                        SOURCE="${1}"
+                        shift
+                    else
+                        loud "Source is neither file nor directory; exiting"
+                        exit 98
+                    fi
+                fi
+            else
+                if [ -z $DEST ];then
+                    #if no source, set source
+                    if [ -d "${1}" ];then
+                        DEST_TYPE="DIR"
+                        DEST="${1}"
+                        shift
+                    else
+                        if [ -f "${1}" ];then
+                            loud "Specified file destination exists and is not a directory, exiting."
+                            exit 98
+                            DEST_TYPE="EMPTY"
+                            shift
+                        fi
+                    fi
+                else
+                    loud "SOURCE and DESTINATION already set; ignoring variable"
+                    loud "${1}"
+                    shift
+                fi
+            fi
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done   
+
+    # Checking the destination directory
+    case $DEST_TYPE in
+        DIR)
+            loud "Files will be placed within ${DEST}" 
+            # directory to copy SOURCE into
+            # don't actually have to do anything here
+            ;;
+        EMPTY|*)
+            # the directory to copy SOURCE into does not exist, 
+            # so let's make it. Could technically just do this, but still.
+            # I'm sure there's a reason I'll need this later for some functionality
+            mkdir -p "${DEST}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Processing single input file   
+    if [ "$SOURCE_TYPE"="FILE" ];then
+        # remove base
+        NOBASE_SOURCE=""
+        NOBASE_SOURCE=${SOURCE#"$BASE"}
+        TX_PATH=""
+        TX_PATH=$(process_a_path "${NOBASE_SOURCE}")
+        if [ "$DRYRUN" = "TRUE" ];then 
+            echo "cp -n ${SOURCE} ${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+        else
+            if [ "$CLOBBER" = "FALSE" ];then
+                cp -n "${SOURCE}" "${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ "$MOVE" = "TRUE" ];then
+                    rm "$SOURCE"
+                fi
+            else 
+                cp "${SOURCE}" "${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+                if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ "$MOVE" = "TRUE" ];then
+                    rm "$SOURCE"
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    
+    #Processing input directory of files   
+    if [ "$SOURCE_TYPE"="DIR" ];then
+        # get all filenames in that directory (recursively) into array        
+        in_array=()
+        while IFS=  read -r -d $'\0'; do
+            in_array+=("$REPLY")
+        done < <(find "${SOURCE}" -print0)
+        # now loop over array and do the things from single input file. :) 
+        a=0
+        while [ $a -lt "${#in_array[@]}" ]; do 
+            SOURCE="${in_array[$a]}"
+            NOBASE_SOURCE=""
+            NOBASE_SOURCE=${SOURCE#"$BASE"}
+            TX_PATH=""
+            TX_PATH=$(process_a_path "${NOBASE_SOURCE}")
+            if [ "$DRYRUN" = "TRUE" ];then 
+                echo "cp -n ${SOURCE} ${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+            else
+                if [ "$CLOBBER" = "FALSE" ];then
+                    cp -n "${SOURCE}" "${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+                    if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ "$MOVE" = "TRUE" ];then
+                        rm "$SOURCE"
+                    fi
+                else 
+                    cp "${SOURCE}" "${DEST}${TX_PATH}"
+                    if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ "$MOVE" = "TRUE" ];then
+                        rm "$SOURCE"
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+            let a=a+1
+        done
+    fi
+
+
+
+# todo - clobber only if size/date differs?        
+# todo - conversion for old 8.3 formats? Would require extra deduplication code tho    
+